Estrategia de capacitación para el desarrollo de la competencia metodológica en docentes de inglés en formación

Abstract

This research paper addresses issues related to the professional development process of language teachers in Ecuador, aiming to enhance methodological competence through training strategies. The main objective is to develop a training strategy focused on the use of language teaching methods, specifically targeted at trainee English teachers in the seventh semester of the Pedagogy of National and Foreign Languages program at the Technical University of Machala. The research is framed within the positivist quantitative paradigm and adopts an explanatory experimental design, seeking to elucidate the underlying causes of the studied phenomenon through a hypothesis. For this purpose, theoretical methods are applied to conceptualize and characterize the object of study through an analysis of bibliographic information. Additionally, empirical methods such as observation and surveys directed at trainee English teachers are employed to gather data that validate or refute the hypothesis. Throughout the research, the implementation of the training strategy resulted in positive changes compared to the initial state. Therefore, it is recommended to delve further into the issues that motivated this study, considering other possible solutions related to the development of methodological competence, given its importance in the process of teacher professional development.